Quotes about Legacy

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.

Being able to score touchdowns and win games is a way to get a platform. But, ultimately, if that's what you do in your life, and that's what your life is based on, I don't know - I feel like that's a little bit of a meaningless life.

I think of the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati every day, and he is an inspiration in my musical creations.

I can probably go down in history as the best backup point guard ever in NBA history.

My dream collaboration would be Elvis.

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

a person must pass the lessons learned on to others—or there has been no real gift at all.

As Jaroslav Pelikan so wisely put it years ago, "Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living, and I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives Tradition such a bad name

Each generation has to appropriate its deepest beliefs for itself. We used to say it this way: "God has no grandchildren." Each generation must itself be realigned with God and discover the mystery for itself.